WEBVTT WE HAVE SURVEILLANCEVIDEO RELEASED BY AIRPORTOFFICIALS.REPORTER: A POLICE REPORT SAYSTHIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK.THEY SAY THE PASSENGER IS FACINGA CITATION CHARGE AFTER SHOVINGTHE PILOT.WATCH THIS.PASSENGER SHOVES A PILOT IN THEPASSENGER TERMINAL AT KCI.YOU SEE A PILOT AND A MAN.HE WALKED UP THE PLANE AT GATE87.THEY WALKED PAST SECURITY, TURNLEFT, AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENSNEXT AS THEY WALKED DOWN THEHALL.THE PILOT LIFTS HIS HAND, THEPOLICE REPORT SAYS THEPASSENGERS CELL PHONE FALLS TOTHE GROUND.THE PASSENGER GRABS THE PILOTAND SHOVES HIM.VIDEO SHOWING NO MORE PHYSICALCONTACT AFTER THAT.THE MAN IS CITED WITH INTO CHILEAFFLICTING BODILY INJURY.WE STOPPED BY THE ADDRESS LISTEDIN THE POLICE REPORT.

Passenger shoves pilot at Kansas City International Airport

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Updated: 2:21 PM CDT Apr 20, 2017

New surveillance video shows a passenger shoving an American Airlines pilot, last Wednesday, in the concourse of Terminal C at Kansas City International Airport.

That's after the pilot raised his left hand to get Foster's cell phone "… out of his face …" as he tried to take a picture of the pilot's badge, according to statements in the KCI Airport Police report. Foster's cell phone went to the ground, the report says.

The incident started on the plane, when the passenger said the pilot was taking up too much room in the aisle and being disrespectful, the police report says. Kansas City Airport spokesman Joe McBride says the pilot was riding as a passenger on the aircraft, parked at Gate 87 in Terminal C. The incident happened after a flight from Dallas to Kansas City around 6:30, last Wednesday.

KMBC 9News stopped by the address for Foster listed in the police report, but was unable to get a comment.

American Airlines Spokesman Ross Feinstein would not confirm if the pilot was an employee of American. However, sources tell KMBC 9News he is an American pilot. "We are not going to comment on a pending investigation by law enforcement," Feinstein said.

The pilot initially declined to prosecute, according to the police report. But, the pilot did come back to the airport the following day to be interviewed by KCI Airport Police detectives, McBride said. Kansas City Municipal court documents show Foster was cited two days after the incident for intentionally inflicting bodily injury, a municipal violation. The documents say the pilot had lacerations to both legs, and bruising on his forearm.

After the shoving incident, video shows Foster following the pilot out to his vehicle, where the pilot's wife was waiting in a vehicle, according to the police report. The report also says Foster told police he wanted to take a picture of the vehicle's license plate.

Two different angles of the video appear to show other people nearby, when the incident occurred. There is no audio on the surveillance video to corroborate statements made to police.